inflame

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inflame/ɪnˈfleɪm/

▶verb

• 1 intensify or aggravate: high fines further inflamed public feelings.

  ■ provoke (someone) to strong feelings.

• 2 cause inflammation in.

• 3 literary light up with or as if with flames.

– derivatives
inflamer noun.